Child&#39;s-chair safety device.



B. W. DB CAMP. CHILD'S CHAIR SAFETY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1909.

944,020. Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

by al/MA; 4 390M4 0 onrrnn s ra ras BESSIE N. DE CAMP, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

CHILDS-CHAIR SAFETY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 15, 1909.

Patented Dec. 2 1, 1909.

Serial No. 483,384.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Bnsstn-Vv'. Di: (A3113 a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Childs-Chair Safety Device, of whichthe following is a specification.

lily invention relates to a childs chair safety device, and moreparticularly to a means for preventing a child from falling out of achair, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive deviceof this character that shall be eilicient and convenient in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device as abovementioned that may be adapted for use in retaining a child in a go-cartor carriage.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

\Vith these objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhich,

Figure 1 .is a perspective view of a childs highchair showing my safetydevice attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is. a perspective view of the deviceitself.

Referring now to the drawings 1 designates an ordinary childs highchairand 2 my safety device attached thereto, as shown The device 2 1s shownattached in Fig. 1. to the back panel 3 of the chair, but it may beattached with equal facility to a chair provided with rungs in the backthereof.

The safety device comprises a buckle strap 4 adapted to encircle thechilds waist and to be buckled thereto and a buckle strap 5 secured to acent -al portion of the strap 4: by means of rivets 5 and extendingrearwardly therefrom, the ends of the strap 5 being free and adapted toembrace the panel 3 to which the latter is buckled. The panel 3 ispreterably provided with recesses in its edges at about the height of achilds waist arranged to receive strap 5, so as to definitely locate theposition of said strap when fastened. As shown in Fig. 2 the rivetedportions of the straps 4- and 5 are contiguous and parallel, and areriveted together for a considerable distance, thus preventing one strap"from turning on the other and each strap thus tending to hold the otherin correct position.

It is clear that the buckled to a childs waist and secured to the backof the chair by means of the strap 5 would prevent the child fromfalling out of the chair if the waist strap could not be forced upwardlyby the chixl. This, how'- ever, could be done unless the strap 5 wasbuckled very tightly about the childs waist, and to prevent thispossible upward movement of said strap, side straps 6 and 7 secured tothe strap t by means of rivets (3 are provided which are adapted to passan der the seat of the chair and to be secured in this position by meansof a buckle 8 pro vidcd on the strap 6. The straps G and 7 are spaced atequal distances from the central portion of the strap 4 to which thestrap 5 is riveted, and the straps (5 and 7 are disposed perpendicularto the strap 5 and depend therefrom.

This safety device may be attached loosely to a child and yet be apositive'ineans for preventing it from falling out of the chair.

In using this device for retaining a child in a carriage the strap 5 maybe folded and the straps i, (i and 7 used only, the latter straps beingadapted to pass under the cal riagc and to be secured thereto in thesame manner as said straps are secured to a chair seat. 9 and 10designate the buckles of the straps 4t and 5 respectively.

Vhile I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my childschair safety device, there might be slight. modifications thereof whichwould be com 'irehended within the scope of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

in a device of the class described, the combination of a childs highchair, a central back panel having recesses in its edges at bout theheight of a childs waist, a buckle strap adapted to embrace said backpanel and engage said recesses, a waist buckle strap riveted at its rearcentral portion to 'aist strap 4 when said buckle strap, and side sttapsseeured'to I name to this specification in the presence of said Waiststrap and extending downwardly two subseribing Witnesses. therefrom andunder the ehalr sent, one of 1 1 w 3 said straps being provided with abuckle to 'BESSHL DE 0AM} 5 receive the end of the other, substantiallyas end for the purposes set forth.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my Witi'lesses JOSHUA R. H. Poms,HELEN F. LILLTS.

